Collar-button.



F. B. GARLAND & R. L. MORGAN.

COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20. I917- Patented July 9, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1918.

Application filed September 20, 1917. Serial No. 192,289.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, FRANK B. GARLAND and RALPH L. MORGAN, citizens of the United States, residing in Nutley, New J ersey, and Worcester, Massachusetts, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved form of collar button designed to be used for fastening the collar to-the shirt band at the back of the neck andis provided with means to permit the necktie to be easily Worked back and forth when tying the same.

It is a well known fact that the head of the usual rear collar button occupies so much space between the two plies of a turn-down collar that it invariably causes the necktie to bind when putting the same on and causes much inconvenience and annoyance.

One of the objects of this invention is to prevent the binding of the necktie between the button and the collar. Another object is to provide a novel and attractive departure from the typical forms of buttons now made and used. Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following specification and the subjoined claims taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is an enlarged central longitudinal vertical section through a collar button on the line 11 of Fig. 2 exemplifying one embodiment of our invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the button as it would appear viewed from the rear When in use;

'Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the shank taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

'In the particular illustrative embodiment shown the button comprises a base A having the usual marginal spun bead B and a centrally located shank C. The shank C is.

preferably elliptical in cross section, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to prevent the button from turning in the button holes of the shirt band and collar.

At the upper end of the shank an enlarged head D is formed which is provided with integral conical pivot bearings d-d. The

head D is substantially of elliptical shape the major axis of the head being in a plane at right angles to the plane of the major axis of the shank C.

The anti-friction roller E, provided with bearing seats e@ is mounted on the pivot bearings d0Z in axial alinement with the major axis of the head D. In the process of manufacture, I bearings d(l are first formed with suflicient distance between their ends to permit the insertion of the roller, and then they are pressed together until they engage the seats ee of the roller, the material of the head being of sufficient flexibility to permit this operation. The included angles of the conical faces of the bearing seats e@ are slightly greater than the angles of the conical pivot bearings cZ-d and therefore practically only the points of the bearings engage the minute areas at the vertices of the conical seats ee, thus producing an almost frictionless bearing.

The angular disposition and the shape of the shank C and head D will insure the roller E of always being in vertical position when in use due to the fact that the major axis of the shank will naturally accommodate itself in the longitudinal button holes of the shirt band and collar, thus positioning the roller in an axially vertical position.

While we have described with great particularity the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated, it is not intended that this patent be limited to the article shown and described as it is obvious that changes could be. made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What we claim is':-

1. A collar button having a head carrying a roller arranged to rotate about a fixed axis which is transverse to the shank.

2. A collar button having a head provided with pivot bearings in a line transverse to the shank and a roller having its ends mounted on said pivot bearings so as to 1'0- tate about a fixed axis passing through said bearings.

3. A collar button having a head provided 5 withar'o'Ile'r arranged tono'tate ab'mita' fiXed axisandaneans for positioning "the axis of the roller in vertical position when inusei' 4. coilai lbnttonhaving a head provided with a roller arranged to rotate about a fixed axis and a shank having a cross section of 10 such shape that it Will hold the axis of the roller in vertical position When in use.

' %In Witness) whereof, we have hereunto signed our 'names. FRANK B. GARLAND.

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